Abstract

AYURVEDIC REVIEW OF HYPOTHYROIDISM

Rekharani Herakal*, Dr. Ananta S. Desai, Dr. Ahalya S.

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Abstract

Thyroid gland disorders are growing world wide health hazard now a days. Thyroid hormone regulates metabolic rate of the body. Failure of Thyroid hormone to maintain metabolic rate mainly produces Hypothyroidism. Thyroid disorders are characterized by physical and mental abnormality. There is no exact co relation of Thyroid gland in Ayurveda. But Ayurvedic system of medicine doesn‟t emphasize on naming the disease, rather than naming understanding the constitutional status of a disease and adopting an appropriate treatment principle. The main action of the Thyroid hormone is to act as a Spark to start up body metabolism at a cellular level. In Ayurveda we can be correlate the things with the action of Agni. The Agni located in the Amashaya is responsible for digestion and absorption of the food. The Bhutagni is responsible of transformation of heterogeneous substance to homogeneous substances. The Dhatwagni along with Bhutangi are responsible for the metabolism. And also the symptoms of the Hypothyroidism can be correlated with imbalanced doshas. These concepts of Ayurveda could be considered to understand Thyroid disorders from Ayurvedic perspective. As modern treatment has many adverse effects, it is important to understand Thyroid disorders from Ayurvedic perspective to give safe and effective Ayuvedic management.

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